SATO AEP Works 3 User manual

User Manual

AEP Works 3

Contents

 ...........................................................8

Install the Soware ................................................................ 9

Connect to Printer ................................................................ 10

Uninstall the Soware ............................................................. 12

Navigate AEP Works 3 ..................................................14

Start Screen ..................................................................... 15

 ............................................................................. 15

Workspace Overview ............................................................. 16

 ........................................................................ 16

 ........................................................................... 17

 ......................................................................... 17

 ........................................................................... 17

Editors .......................................................................... 18

 .............................................................................. 18

 ............................................................................. 21

 .............................................................................. 25

 .............................................................................. 26

Developer panel ................................................................. 28

 ................................................................................. 28

 ................................................................................... 28

 .....................................................30

Logging in to SATO App Storage ..................................................... 31

Idenfying a SATO App Storage-connected workspace .................................. 32

Manage workspaces with SATO App Storage .......................................... 33

 ...................................................................... 33

   .......................................................... 34

 ............................................. 36

 ....................................................................... 37

  .................................................... 38

Build and upload package .......................................................... 40

 ................................................42

Moving ......................................................................... 43

Resizing ......................................................................... 44

Grouping. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Hiding .......................................................................... 44

Aligning ......................................................................... 45

Cut, Copy, Paste and Delete Commands .............................................. 45

Arranging ....................................................................... 46

Pen Modes ...................................................................... 46

 ...........................................................48

Create New Workspace ............................................................ 49

Add Assets to Workspace .......................................................... 50

 .................................................................................... 50

 ................................................................................... 51

 ................................................................................... 51

 .................................................................................... 51

  .................................................................................. 52

 ................................................................................. 52

 .............................................................................. 53

 ............................................................................. 54

 .................................................................................... 54

Import Workspace ................................................................ 55

Workspace Sengs ............................................................... 56

Labels ...............................................................58

Create New Label. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Add Content to Labels ............................................................. 60

 ..................................................................................... 61

 .................................................................................. 62

 ..................................................................................... 64

 .................................................................................. 65

 ..................................................................................... 66

 .............................................................................. 67

 .................................................................................. 68

 ...................................................................................... 70

 ...................................................................................... 71

 .......................................................................... 72

 ..................................................................................... 73

 .................................................................. 74

 .................................................................. 75

Manage Labels ................................................................... 76

 ......................................................................... 76

 ........................................................................... 76

Screens ..............................................................78

Screen Types .................................................................... 79

 ............................................................................. 79

 ............................................................................. 81

Create New Screen ............................................................... 82

Add Content to Screens ........................................................... 83

 ............................................................. 84

 ................................................................................... 85

 ................................................................................. 87

 ................................................................................ 90

 .................................................................................... 91

 .............................................................................. 95

 ............................................................................... 96

 ...................................................................................... 98

Manage Screens ................................................................. 99

 ............................................................ 99

  ............................................................................. 100

 ........................................................................ 101

 ........................................................................ 101

 .................................................103

Dynamic Data Sources for Labels .................................................. 104

 ...................................................................................... 104

 .................................................................................... 104

 .................................................................................... 104

 ............................................................................. 105

 ..................................................................................... 105

 .................................................................................... 106

 ................................................................................... 108

 .................................................................................. 108

 ................................................................................... 109

 ................................................................................. 109

 ............................................................................ 110

Dynamic Data Sources for Screens .................................................111

 ...................................................................................... 111

 .................................................................................... 111

 .................................................................................... 112

 ..................................................116

Run in Simulator ................................................................117

 ...................................................................... 118

 .............................................................121

Prole Types .................................................................... 122

  ....................................................................... 123

  ............................................................................ 124

Create New Prole. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

 ..................................................127

Printer Conguraon .............................................................128

Create New Printer Conguraon ..................................................129

 .................................................................... 130

 ...................................................133

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January 2019 v.1.0

          

AEP Works 3 is a professional applicaon development tool for

creang soware applicaons for SATO barcode printers that

support the AEP plaorm. An applicaon designed with AEP Works 3

forms a complete label prinng soluon that can be transferred to the

printer. It oers an easy-to-use design interface and meets any label

design and prinng requirements needed for creang

ecient label prinng applicaons.

For industries using the new FX3 printer, AEP Works 3 oers the

feature to design business specic touchscreen applicaons. This

allows the operator to create customized applicaons that can add

value to users in various industries.

■ Install the soware

■ Connect to printer

■ Uninstall the soware

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1

AEP Works 3

Install the Soware

Read the license agreement. To accept, click I Agree.

2

Select install locaon, click Install.

3

To complete the installaon, click 

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  before the soware has been successfully installed!

: Windows 7 or later.

NOTE: You need administrator privileges to run the installer.

Execute to launch the installer.

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Connect to Printer

Start AEP Works 3 by clicking the desktop icon.

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In the toolbar located at the top of the screen, in the Select Printer drop-down list, click



Click the plus icon and enter the IP-Address and port of the targeted printer, click the check

icon or 

NOTE: If you don't know the IP-Address and port of your printer, check your printer's

manual.

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Choose one of the following interfaces for connecng the printer to your computer:

• LAN AND WLAN

• USB

CONNECT TO THE PRINTER VIA LAN AND WLAN

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Start AEP Works 3 by clicking the desktop icon.

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In the toolbar located at the top of the screen, in the Select Printer drop-down list, select

the USB-connected printer model.

CONNECT TO THE PRINTER VIA USB

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Uninstall the Soware

Make sure AEP Works 3 is not running. To start the uninstallaon, click Uninstall.

To uninstall AEP Works 3, use the uninstall program provided by your operang system. Follow the

instrucons below to complete the uninstallaon:

NOTE: You need administrator privileges to run AEP Works 3 uninstall.

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To complete the uninstallaon, click 

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AEP Works 3 oers an intuive interface environment to help

designing labels and screens. This chapter provides an overview

of the interface as well as knowledge of its basic elements and

menus.

■ Start Screen

■ Workspace Overview

■ Editors

Navigate AEP Works 3

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Start Screen

The rst window that appears aer starng AEP Works 3 is the start screen. It´s the

gathering point of all your recent workspaces and printer conguraons. To learn about

creang new workspaces, go to Create New Workspace on page 49. To learn about

printer conguraons, go to Printer Conguraon on page 127.

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1. Open an exisng workspace or printer conguraon.

2. Import an exisng workspace from AEP Works Pro.

3. Download a workspace from

the SATO App Storage cloud (only available if you are logged in to SATO App

Storage).

4. Delete les from the SATO App Storage

cloud (only available if you are logged in to SATO App Storage).

5. Select the targeted printer model.

6. If a printer is connected, simulate the workspace on your

computer.

7. Login to the SATO App Storage cloud

applicaon.

8. Change language, units and the appearance of the workspace.

9. Get useful help and informaon from the online PDF user manual.

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1. Go back to the previous screen.

2. Save your currently acve workspace.

3. Save your currently acve workspace to a new locaon.

4. Access general and advanced workspace sengs.

5. Get an overview of the screen ow of your workspace.

6. Compile a package of your currently acve workspace.

7. Select the targeted printer model.

8. Send your currently acve workspace to a connected

printer.

9. If a printer is connected, simulate the workspace on your

computer.

Workspace Overview

The workspace funcons as a center for adding and viewing content for your label- and

screen designs. The Workspace Overview window shows all of your labels, screens and

assets in the currently acve workspace.

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Create new labels and browse through your exisng labels.



Create new screens and browse through your exisng screens.



The assets overview works as a library of les and sengs that you can use

while working on your labels and screens. From here it’s possible to copy,

delete, export/import and change properes of individual les.

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Editors

Labels, screens, scripts, tables and proles all have their own dedicated editors, which

contains tools and opons for designing and eding content.

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1. Go back to previous screen.

2. Save - Save your progress in the currently acve editor.

3. Undo the last acon in the acve editor.

4. Redo the last undo acon in the acve editor.

5. Remove the selected object from its current posion.

6. Copy the selected object.

7. Paste the last copied or cut-out object.

8. Open label sengs.

9. Rotate the label le.

10. Rotate the label right.

11. If your media roll already has preprinted graphics, you can use

this seng to simulate the graphics on the label to prevent overlapping of

objects.

12. Overview the screen ow of the currently acve workspace.

For more informaon on using screen ow, go to  on page 100.

13. Compile a package of your currently acve workspace.

14. Select the targeted printer model.

15. Send the currently acve workspace to a connected

printer.

16. If a printer is connected, simulate the workspace on your

computer.

Label Editor Toolbar

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

3. Price

Label Object Menu

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4. Counter

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

7. Barcode

8. Line

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11. Grid

Label Editor Mini Toolbar

The Editor Mini Toolbar contains a set of controls that lets you perform acons

upon the selected object.

1.  - Aaches selected objects with each other.

2.  - Add a grid in the background of your editor window. Objects can

align to the intersecons of lines in the grid. The grid does not print.

3.  - Align selected objects to the top edge of the top-most object.

4. Middle align - Align selected objects to the horizontal middle of the objects.

5.  - Align selected objects to the boom edge of the boom-most

object.

6. - Align selected objects to the le edge of the le-most object.

7. Center align - Align selected objects to the vercal center of the objects.

8.  - Align selected objects to the right edge of the right-most object.

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Label Properes Panel

The panel oers opons for changing the properes of an object, rearranging its

execuon order and previewing the output of your dynamic data sources.

 2. Field List 

When clicking an object

in the label editor,

the Properes panel

automacally populates

with object-specic

properes and eding

opons.

The Field List displays

all the objects on the

label and their order

of execuon in your

currently acve editor.

You can change the

execuon order of

objects by dragging them

to preferred posions in

the list.

If tables are used as

sources of updang

content, this feature

allows browsing through

the dierent table

columns.

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